August 15, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Almost a week after a body was found inside a car in a cornfield on New Bildad Road a positive identification has been made
In a joint statement, Sheriff Patrick Ray and Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins said Thursday the body is that of 29-year-old Rebecca Ann Maxfield of Smithville.
“A missing persons report was filed with the Smithville Police Department on August 4 in which a friend stated she (Maxfield) had not responded back to them for a couple of days,” said Sheriff Ray and Chief Collins.
Investigators discovered that Maxfield’s phone had pinged in Warren County where she was last seen.
“Both the Smithville Police Department and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were working together with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department when the body was discovered in DeKalb County last Friday, August 9,” according to Sheriff Ray and Chief Collins.
“The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Warren County Sheriff’s Department, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Smithville Police are still investigating the death of Maxfield”.
No more information will be released at this time.